Machine and method for treating cigars



March 1, 1932.

P. KRUCKEN MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CIGARS Filed Jan. 17, 1950 IIIIII/II/I/l/l/I/I/l/I/MIIIIl/II Dnvenior Pete r KrikckQn Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITEDLT STATES PETER xnt oxnn, or MANNHEIrr-FEUDENHEIM, GERMANY MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CIGARS Application filed January 17,1930. Serial 110421553.

7 My invention relates to a method of and a machine for treating cigars.

With the consumption of cigars the peculiar feature exists ofvsmokers preferring cigars and also the so-called cigarillos that have a dull grey color. Now, as those wrappers which do not possess this preferred grey appearance are comparatively costly and their price increases with increased demand,

my invention has for its object to so treat cigars the wrappers of which originally do not possess this preferred grey appearance, that they answer to the demand and taste of the public. To this end my invention has" for its object a method anda machine which enables to give cigars or cigarillos that orig? inally have a bright wrapper of fatty appearance the desired dull grey color by ap-, .plying thereon impalpably fine powdered pure tobacco, so-called tobacco powder. The progress and advantage afforded by my present method and machine'resides in the fact that the treatment of the cigars, first and foremost the application of the powder layer is effected very quickly and easily and in so fine a degree that the tobacco powder itself cannot be detected with the naked eye and the cigars are not injured.

My invention comprises a new construction and combination of mechanical members and other peculiar details as described hereinafter in detail and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which shows a vertical section through a power-driven powdering machine designed in accordance with my invention.

The housing of the machine is made from wood or any other suitable material and has a straight rear wall a, an inclined front wall 5 and two side walls 0. The latter have mounted on them shafts d and e that carry the powdering cylinders (Z 0 which are fitted with a coating of a very soft material such as spongy rubber. The powdering cylinders co-operate with correspondingly curved counter faces 7", g likewise coated with spongy rubber or the like, the rubber cover being fixed on suitable plate-shaped carriers 7, g by means of a binder, such as being injured in any way.

turnare fixedon to thelateralwalls c'by screws or in any other suitable manner. The carrier f subsides into a perforated inclined chute f above which is arranged a finishing brush cylinder h made from any other. suitable material.

The function of this machine is as fol lows: p

7 An electric motor J lodged in the underframe of the machine and havingits shaft projecting through a hole of one-of the lat eral walls 0, drives by cord and pulley the powdering cylinders al e and finishing cylinder h in the manner clearly to be seen from the drawing, and, further, a feeding conmy goats hair or U veyer 2' and issuing conveyer 76. Above the powdering cylinder 6 is arranged a boxm havingaperforated bottom and containing the tobaccopowder. This box can rock about a pin m and is periodically lifted by-means of a shaking member a and then let drop, so that the powderingcylinder e and the cigars that enter at A are powdered. lVhe'n passing bet-ween the two spongy rubber lay ers 6 g the tobacco powder is applied on the cigars the first time, because there is only a quite small air gap between these two rubber' layers, the softness of the rubber protecting the cigars passing therethrough from he described powdering process is repeated on the spongy rubber layers d f, the tobacco powder in excess falling off in part while the cigars glide on the chute f and collects in a drawer p. A complete removal of the powder in excess, so that the powder particles cannot be detected'by the naked eye and on the tongue, is effected by the goats hair brush cylinder it. The finished cigars leave the machine on the issuing conveyer 70 from which they are withdrawn, this conveyer being likewise driven by the motor J. In order to remove from this conveyer k tobacco powder that happens to adhere thereto another brush cylinder 9 is arranged the action of which is clearly to be seen from the drawing; Anyescapement of the tobacco powder which is highly volatile through the outlet passage 76 is prevented by a trap door a suitable glue. The carriers 7, in their 7' the frontal wall 1' of which is made of soft" cloth; The regulation of the quantity of viating from the essence of the invention, the

manner of drive, the design of the conveyers and of the powder box can vary so as to meet the varying working conditions to be met.

\Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A machine for powdering cigars comprising in combination rotary powder-applying cylinder having a coating'of softmaterial, a fined-curved counter face coated with the same material and adapted to co-operate With said cylinder, a feeding conveyer and an issuing conveyer for the cigars, aperiorated chute adapted to transfer the'cigars from said cylinder'to said issuing conveyer,

a brush cylinder arranged above said chute andadapted; to act upon the ci ars thereon, means for powdering said powder-applying cylinder, and means for driving said cylinders and conveyers.

2. A machine for powdering cigars comprising in combination two successive rotary powder-applying cylinders having acoating of soft materiahtwo fixed counterfaces fitted with-the'same material and arranged'for cooperation with and opposite said cylinders so that-a gap is formed therebetween through which-the cigars may be engaged, a feeding conveyer and an issuing conveyer for the cigars, a perforated chute adapted to transfer the cigars from said gap to said issuing conveyer, a brush cylinder arranged above sald chute-and adapted to actupon the cigars thereon,a powder box arranged above one of saidpowder-applying cylinders and adapted to feed powderfto it, and'mechanicalineans fordriving said cylinders and conveyers and 'for imparting a shaking motion to said powder box.

7 .3. A machine for powdering cigars com prising in combinationtwo successive rotary powder-applying cylinders having a'coating of spongy rubber, counter-faces curved in correspondence to said cylinders and having likewise acoating of spongy rubber, a cigar feeding conveyer and a cigar issuing conveyer, a shaking powder boX- adapted to powder-the first of said cylinders and the appurtenant counter face, a chute adapted to transfer the-cigars'from'the second cylinder to said issuing conveyer, a rotary brush arranged above the chute and adapted to act upon the cigars thereon, another rotary brush arranged below said issuing conveyer and adaptedtoact thereupon, a housingenclosingsaid box,cylinders and counter faces,

said conveyers projecting with their outer lifends beyond said housing, a cloth trap door PETER KRUCKEN. 

